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“Never Swim Alone” opens Sept. 27 in The Playhouse.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cNever Swim Alone\u201d
\nBy Daniel MacIvor
\n7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27-Saturday, Oct. 1
\n2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2
\nDirected by Jay Oney<\/p>\n
\u201cNever Swim Alone\u201d is a swift, funny satire about two alpha males and their ruthless competition for the title of “Top Dog.” The play is structured as a surreal egotistic boxing match: Frank and Bill, two guys in dark suits and bad ties, square off in a 13-round battle royale of vicious undermining and one-upmanship refereed by a seemingly anonymous woman.<\/p>\n
“But as their cage match grows increasingly bitter, a tragic story emerges implicating all three characters. We learn that the woman’s role as referee is the result of a childhood swimming race between her, Frank and Bill. It was a playful competition with tragic consequences that gives the play its raw emotional core.” \u2013 John Del Signore, The Gothamist<\/p>\n
\u201cConsider Me\u201d
\n7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 22
\nWritten and performed by Wesley Hudson
\nSpecial guest artist presentation created with Michael Cherry and Guillermo Jemmott Jr.<\/p>\n
This show places the viewer in the waiting room of an insurance company with our main character, Wesley Whitmire, as he anxiously awaits to be called back for a job he so desperately needs. Wesley tells (and sings) his story to the audience of how he got to this point; from the height of graduating from a prestigious school with an excellent degree to needing this job he is clearly overqualified for and everything in between.<\/p>\n
\u201cClever Little Lies\u201d
\nBy Joe DiPietro
\n7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15-Saturday, Nov. 19
\n2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20
\nDirected by Rhett Bryson<\/p>\n
\u201cClever Little Lies\u201d is a story of long-term love and marriage…for better…and for worse. A mother always knows when something’s up. Bill Jr. is distracted, under pressure and off his game. Will a surprising evening with his parents send him further off-kilter? Secrets are exposed and clever little lies are crafted when a confidence shared between father and son escalates into an unexpected revelation that could change everything.<\/p>\n
Joe DiPietro is an American playwright, lyricist and author. He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical \u201cMemphis,\u201d for which he won the Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.<\/p>\n
\u201cProject Dawn\u201d
\nBy Karen Hartman
\n7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14-Saturday, Feb. 18
\n2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19
\nDirected by Guest Artist Ahsha M. Daniels<\/p>\n
This captivating story of a real-life courtroom with a mission to rehabilitate women in the sex trade is revolutionary and shockingly intimate. In \u201cProject Dawn,\u201d audiences get an inside look at court staff and program participants who walk the line between activism and absorption. Issues that can oftentimes feel distant are brought right to your doorstep in a revealing and caring way.<\/p>\n
\u201cPowerful, heart-rending, often slyly funny, and serendipitously timely during a national conversation over drug abuse and sex trafficking.\u201d \u2013 Broadway World<\/p>\n
“Our Tempest” (an updated show replacing originally scheduled “Put Yourself Out There”)
\nBy Jake Brasch in partnership with The Farm Theater College Collaboration Project and sponsored in part by Furman Humanities Center
\n7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 – Friday, April, 14
\n2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, and Sunday, April 16
\nDirected by Caroline Jane Davis<\/p>\n
“Our Tempest” follows a group of theatre majors into the woods for an immersive devised theatre workshop about the climate crisis, through the lens of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The experience – and their guest artist – is not at all what they were expecting. An exploration of performative activism, contemporary queerness, and the necessity of community, “Our Tempest” is an ensemble show that asks important questions about our collective future with humor and heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a mutually beneficial relationship, playwrights develop new work and students get involved in the process of making a new play\u201d (American Theatre magazine). Students and faculty met in August 2022 in NYC to begin the collaboration with professionals from The Farm Theater. This year’s cycle consists of work with three different playwrights on three different plays at three different phases in development. Throughout the season, each university (Oklahoma City University, Centre College, and Furman) produces a play and hosts a playwright independently, culminating with a professional workshop series back in NYC in June 2023.<\/p>\n